LF signallers in Tunisia 1943

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LF signallers in Tunisia 1943
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Posted on April 8, 2025 at 08:39:31 by David Platt, Welfare & Liaison Officer, XX the Lan

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The Lancashire Fusiliers in Tunisia 1943
In Tunisia on the 7th of April 1943 the 2nd Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers were part of 78 Division. The Division was to advance on a front of some 10 miles in width to a depth of about the same extent taking in turn a series of peaks called the Mahdi, Hill 512, Hill 667, Djebel el Ang and Tanngoucha and, the mountain villages of Toukabeur, Chaouach and Tanngoucha.
The Division�s attack was due to begin on the 7th April and during that afternoon the battalion was moved forward with the idea of continuing attack started by the East Surrey Regiment. That attack taking longer than expected, it was decided that it was too late in the day to continue and so the fusiliers lay out in the open all night with no blankets and no food waiting for a new task. Things don't always go your way.
Fresh orders came during the night and at 6 am on the 8th the battalion attacked under the cover of an intense artillery barrage against Hill 512. C and D companies were in the lead, advancing across the rough going and the steep hills at a smart pace. They took their first objectives without serious difficulty. A and B companies now took over and had taken the summit of Hill 512 by 8 a.m. C and D companies went ahead again and established dug in positions on the slopes of the hill.
The German 5th Panzer Army under command of General von Arnim now began to hit the hill with artillery and mortars, and the Fusiliers took a number of casualties. However, at 4:45 pm B company supported by a troop of Churchill tanks went forward again to the high ground above Toukabeur where they captured a number of prisoners and an anti-tank gun. By last night, however, the situation was still a little confused and B Company was out of touch with the battalion headquarters. The East Surreys had managed to get into the village that night, but news of this was not made known until the next morning.
On the next day, the 9th, the rest of the battalion closed up on B Company�s hill and at 10 am continued the advance, making now for Chaouach alongside the East Surreys. Chaouach was taken by the battalion at 1 pm and positions on the high ground to the north of it consolidated. The attack yielded about 100 prisoners, mostly Austrians, and many weapons. The battalion's losses since the action began were seven killed and 26 wounded.
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